Sydney J. Harris

"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better."

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'"

"Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage."

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."